Brian Tracy
“Be absolutely clear about who you are and what you stand for. Refuse to compromise.”
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John Dewey
"The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better."
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Talent is nurtured in solitude; character is formed in the stormy billows of the world."
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Joseph Hall
"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."
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Katherine Hepburn
"To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time."

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us."
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Elbert Green Hubbard
"Character is the result of two things: mental attitude and the way we spend our time."
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Ann Landers "
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is; the tree is the real thing."

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Abraham Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power."

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Thomas Babington
"The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."

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Andre Maurois
"If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character.”
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James Moffatt
"A person's treatment of money is the most decisive test of his character, how they make it and how they spend it."

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Brian Tracy
“Deal honestly and objectively with yourself; intellectual honesty and personal courage are the hallmarks of great character.”
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Thomas Paine
"Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us."

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Jean Paul Richter
"A man never shows his own character so plainly as by his manner of portraying another’s."
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Jay Rockefeller
"I believe in the sacredness of a promise, that a man's word should be as good as his bond; that character - not wealth or power or position - is of supreme worth."
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Theodore Roosevelt
"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."

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Herbert Samuel
"It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own."
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Winston Churchill
"Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others."

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Brian Tracy
“Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.”
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John Ruskin
"What we think or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only thing of consequence is what we do."
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John Milton
"He who reigns within himself and rules his passions, desires, and fears is more than a king."
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Will Rogers
“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.”

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Japanese Proverb
“The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour.”
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
“The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart.”
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Mark Twain
“It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.”
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Wayne W. Dyer
"Your reputation is in the hands of others. That's what a reputation is. You can't control that. The only thing you can control is your character."
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Bruce Barton
"Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe something inside them was superior to circumstances."
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Henry Clay
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
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Abraham Lincoln
"Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow."
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Zig Ziglar
“When a company or an individual compromises one time, whether it's on price or principle, the next compromise is right around the corner.”
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Alfred Adler
"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted."
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Author Unknown
"Reputation is the shell a man discards when he leaves life for immortality. His character he takes with him."
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Zig Ziglar
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to his or her commitment to excellence, regardless of his or chosen field of endeavor.
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Aristotle
"To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character." ________________________________________

Roger Ward Babson
"In the last analysis, our national future depends upon our national character that is, whether it is spiritually or materially minded."
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Zig Ziglar
“When you exercise your freedom to express yourself at the lowest level, you ultimately condemn yourself to live at that level.”
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Henry Clary
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
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Zig Ziglar
“If standard of living is your major objective, quality of life almost never improves, but if quality of life is your number one objective, your standard of living almost always improves.”
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Helen Keller
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved."
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Henry Ward Beecher
"No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."
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Helen Douglas
"Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains."

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Zig Ziglar
“With integrity you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt. With fear and guilt removed you are free to be and do your best.”
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David O. McKay
"A man's reaction to his appetites and impulses when they are roused gives the measure of that man's character. In these reactions are revealed the man's power to govern or his forced servility to yield."

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Dwight D. Eisenhower
"No man can always be right. So the struggle is to do one's best, to keep the brain and conscience clear, never be swayed by unworthy motives or inconsequential reasons, but to strive to unearth the basic factors involved, then do one's duty."
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Helen Keller
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.
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Henry Ford
"Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grief’s which we endure help us in our marching onward."

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Calvin Coolidge
"We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion.”
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Zig Ziglar
“When I discipline myself to eat properly, live morally, exercise regularly, grow mentally and spiritually, and not put any drugs or alcohol in my body, I have given myself the freedom to be at my best, perform at my best, and reap all the rewards that go along with it.”
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